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NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim to Speak at Harvard in June

The American Navy SEAL, born to immigrants, is a doctor and a space traveler.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Strong growth in Harvard sciences enrollment

The swift growth in undergraduate quantitative-science concentrators

by John S. Rosenberg

Meet Heather Henriksen, director of the Harvard Office for Sustainability

Harvard’s chief sustainability officer on scaling up green solutions while scaling back its environmental footprint

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard studies how spirituality affects patients’ experience at the end of life

A Harvard initiative studies how spirituality affects patients’ experience at the end of life

A Harvard undergraduate moves off campus

Moving off campus, and growing up

by Lily Scherlis

Jennifer Lewis's quest for a 3-D printed kidney

3-D-printing pioneer Jennifer Lewis aims to fabricate replacement organs.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Deidre Lynch on Jane Austen and loving literature

Deidre Lynch on the cult of Jane Austen and the complexities of loving literature

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

How surveillance changes people’s behavior

Assaults on privacy and security in America threaten democracy itself.

by Jonathan Shaw

Cerise Lim Jacobs's otherworldly operas

In the “final phase” of her life, Cerise Lim Jacobs builds herself an oeuvre.

by Sophia Nguyen

Playwright Betty Shamieh's favorite antiheroes and angelic demons

A playwright making those overlooked by history into lore

by Olivia Schwob

The many roles of Latino-American journalist Julio Ricardo Varela

Latino-American journalist Julio Ricardo Varela

by Nell Porter-Brown